The T Word

I’ve loved hockey my whole life, even before I knew basketball.  I played competitively for 15 years until I got fat and lazy after high school, and now I just play in an adult league locally.  Just last weekend, my team was...

They Said It: Telling Jazz Quotes

Going straight to the source for insights on the...

Is Marvin Williams’ Season Out of the Ordinary for His Career?

As the Utah Jazz broadcasts begin, the starters introduce themselves. I imagine that many out there did not predict seeing Marvin Williams and Richard “NBA University of Arizona” being permanent members of the opening...

Surprising Utah Jazz Storylines

Now that we’re 14 games away from the finish line of the season, what have been some of the storylines that have been surprising? What were you not expecting? Here are a few for me: Blowout Losses One of the really...

In His Words: Alec Burks On His Improving Defense

Third-year Jazz guard Alec Burks has frequently been the topic of my adulation this season in all aspects, but particularly for his rapid improvement on the defensive side of the ball.  He’s made a noticeable leap from a...

Is Alec Burks Best as a 6th Man?

The main objective for the Utah Jazz going into the 2013-14 season was centered around trying to find the pieces that will be with the squad as they continue their rebuilding process. While that state-of-mind basically killed off...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Clippers 3/14/2014

1. Jazz’s turnovers gave them no chance in an otherwise great performance. The Jazz did so much well in this game. They shot well from 3, at a 50% clip. They won the battle of paint points, 44-32. They won the rebounding...

A Partial Review of Ty Corbin’s Coaching

As the league enters the stretch run where playoff and title contenders make their push for positioning in the last month of the regular season, we simultaneously reach a period where, for developing teams, the time is ripe to...

Franchise Four: Getting a Star in the 2014 Draft

  Wiggins. Parker. Embiid. Exum. Like it or not, this season is as much about those guys now as it is about Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors or Ty Corbin. Like it or not, the story from here revolves around whether Utah will...

The Triple Team: Three Thoughts on Jazz vs. Mavericks 3/12/2014

1. The Mavs made their shots, the Jazz missed them. Around EnergySolutions Arena, you hear it a lot: the NBA is a make or miss league. Tonight’s Dallas game was perhaps the perfect example of that:   The Jazz actually...